Riding toy



April 12 1927.

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QR'IDING Tot-1 V I Application filed. July 2,

This invention relates to a wheeledtoy, thegeneral object of theinvention being to provide means wherebya child sitting upon the toy cansteer the samejwith his feet, while propelling the toy with his hands,through means of a rockable handle bar, a

link and a crankshaft which carries-a rear v wheel.

by the-feet of the child.

Another object of the invention is to a rrange the steering parts sothat the device is not liable to tilt or fall over in making turns. 7 vA still further-object of the invention 1s H v to make the devicesomewhatin the shape of an airplane, the tail piece of which acts as anadditional seat and the front wing of which is recessed to prevent thewing from interfering with the steermg of the device This invention alsoconsists in certain. other features of construction and 1n thecombination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafterfully described, il-

lustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out inthe appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail,

I reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein likecharacters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the severalviews, and in which has a straight lower edge and an upper edge 7 whichslopes from'the front to the rear. The body has but little. horizontalwidth so that it can be easily straddled by a child. The body is of mostpart hollow, with its top closed with the exception of an opening 2 anda block 3 is horizontally arranged in the upper part of the bodyintermediate the ends, said block having a seat 4 fastened thereto, theside edges of which diverge rearwarclly, the front part of the seatbeing sub- 7 1,624,627 P AFTT NT- F F E] 192s. 'JSeriaI' No. 120,146.

stantially the Sallie width as the b od'y sothat a child sitting on theseat-can straddle the body without difficulty. A tailppie'cte 5 isfastened to the rear end "of the body and this piece forms an-'eXtraseat A wing forming strap 6 is passedthrough a rearwardly sloping slot 7formed in'the forward partlofthe body-and this wing and the tail Apiece,-to'gether wi'th the shape of the body,: 7

gives the device the appearance of an alrplane.

A projection 8 -is formed on the.

front end of the body and this projection and the ends of the wings aretipped with rubber or The front, axle 10' hasan 'u-pwardly e20 tendingcentral portion 110 which has a horizontal bearing against. the loweredge of the body and a king bolt 11 passesthrough the body "and engagesa socket-in other resilient material, as shown said part 10'. A bolt orpin 12 fastens the j king bolt in the socket and a washer 13 is placedbetween'the body and axle. passes through the wing 6x and helps the ateach side of the body to enable a child sitting on the seat to place hisfeet on the "axleto steer the device.

. A cranked rear shaft 15 is j ournaled in the depending pieces 16whicharetfastened to the tail end of the body and this shaft .carriestherear wheel l'l'. This wheel 17 and the front wheels 18 may be providedwith rubber tires, as shown at 19. A handle bar 20 is pivoted to thebody by the pin 21', and this bar passes through the opening 2 and has ahandle 22 at its upper end. Its

lower end projects from the body and a forked link 23 has its small forkpivoted to this lower end. The large fork of the link has itsprongs'pivoted to the cranks of the I shaft 15.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that a chlld, occupying the seat 4,can, by placing hls feet uponthefront axle, move the same The bolt screw14L to hold the wing in position. The wing is provided w1th therecesses;6,xo'ne to steer the device, and by rocking the bar.

20 with his hands to rotate the crankshaft through means of the link 23,the child can.

propel himself along a surface- The vertij cal arrangement of the kingbolt and'thc horizontal bearing" between the front axle and the bodytends to prevent tilting-or overrturning of the device in making turns.The recessed wing and the narrow body and seat give free movement-to thelegs of the child in steering the device and the tail piece provides anextra seat. This tail piece and the winggwith the shape of the body,gives the device the appearance of an airplane, which makes the toy moreappealing tion that the advantages and novel features of my inventionwill be readily apparent I desire it to be understood that I may makechanges in the construction and in the combination and arrangement ofthe several parts, provided that such changes fall within. the scope ofthe appended claims.

W hat I claim is 1. .A wheeled toy of the class described comprising abody, a horizontally arranged seat thereon, a, tail piece at the rear ofthe body forming a second seat, a front axle movably connected with thebody, front wheels carried thereby, said axle being moved by the feet ofa child sitting on the seat, a crank shaft at the rear of the body, awheel carried thereby, a handle bar in front of the seat and pivotallyconnected with the body, a link connecting the handle bar'with thecrankshaft, a wing forming strip passing through the body, a projectionat the front end of the body and resilient material on the ends of thewingand on the projection.

2. A wheeled toy comprising an elongated body, a front axle movablyconnected with the body, a member for connecting the axle with the body,a wing forming strip passing through thebody and through which saidmember passes, Wheels carried by the front axle, a rear axle carried bythe body, a wheel I carried thereby, a horizontally arranged seat on thebody, a handle, bar passing through the body and pivoted thereto infront of the seat so that it can be rocked by a child sitting on theseat and means for.-

